I shoot from under my walk in crawl space so every thing echos and is much louder (to me). But this shot was taken out in the open and it was just a bit louder than the 953,but not by much.
The pellet probaly just hit a tree or the ground. I made sure I was angled away from the house thats ~35 yards behind/beside my house. I doubt a 177 cal pellet is going to go 250+ yards through thick woods.
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